I find it hard enough to keep up with one job, but he’s going to take on two extremely important positions? Impressive.

🚨 #BREAKING: President Trump is expected to appoint Kash Patel to Acting Director of the ATF in addition to his role as FBI Director, per ABC

The ATF’s days are NUMBERED 🔥 pic.twitter.com/DVlfb6ltY4

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) February 22, 2025

Bondi had fired the ATF’s general counsel earlier in the week:

FBI Director Kash Patel will be tapped to run the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), two sources confirmed to Fox News Digital on Saturday. 

The news comes a day after Patel was sworn in as the ninth FBI director in a narrow Senate vote. 

Former FBI Director Christopher Wray resigned at the end of former President Biden’s term and Attorney General Pam Bondi fired the ATF general counsel, Pamela Hicks, on Thursday. 

“Earlier today, I was served official notice from the Attorney General of the United States that I was being removed from my position as the Chief Counsel of ATF and my employment with the Department of Justice terminated,” Hicks posted on her LinkedIn page Thursday, confirming her termination. 

The AG explained her decision to terminate Hicks in no uncertain terms:

“These people were targeting gun owners,” Bondi told Fox News on Thursday of the ATF. “Not gonna happen under this administration.” 

Both the FBI and ATF are part of the DOJ.